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Darrell David Hickman (born February 6, 1935) was a justice of the
Arkansas Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Arkansas is the highest court in the state judiciary of Arkansas. It has ultimate and largely discretionary appellate jurisdiction over all state court cases that involve a point of state law, and original jurisdiction ...
from 1977 to 1990. Born in
Searcy, Arkansas Searcy ( ) is the largest city and county seat of White County, Arkansas, United States. According to 2019 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 23,767. It is the principal city of the Searcy, AR Micropolitan Statistical Are ...
, Hickman attended Harding College (now
Harding University Harding University is a private university with its main campus in Searcy, Arkansas. It is the largest private university in Arkansas. Established in 1924, the institution offers undergraduate, graduate, and pre-professional programs. The un ...
) in Searcy before transferring to the
University of Arkansas The University of Arkansas (U of A, UArk, or UA) is a public land-grant research university in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System and the largest university in the state. Founded as Arkansas ...
(UA) in Fayetteville, from which he received his law degree. He worked three summers scaling logs at a lumber camp for the U.S. Forest Service near Fresno, California, before graduating from UA in 1958 with a law degree. Hickman became the Chancellor of Arkansas, and in 1976 ran as a Democrat for election to the state supreme court; he was unopposed in the general election.City Races
, ''Baxter Bulletin'' (November 4, 1976), p. 2. Hickman resigned his seat on the court ten months early, reporting himself as burned out and wanting to travel."Hickman resigns court post, cites burnout", ''Baxter Bulletin'' (February 22, 1990), p. 2.


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